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Community photo entitled  by Thomas Rivinius on 03/28/2022 at Cerro Paranal, Chile

On 03/28/2022 06:00 am by Thomas Rivinius| Cerro Paranal, Chile

I am currently working nightshift at the ESO VLT-observatory and noticed the conjunction was coming up the day before, when ending the night and going out, with the moon still a day away. So the following night I just set up my gear on the telescope platform, next to the big telescopes, and dedicated the work break to getting the shot.

Pentax Kp, w/ 50mm lens 1/1.8, on a tripod w/ Vixen Polarie

For the star and the field, 20x10s, for the moon w/ ashlight 20x1/20s, both sets aligned and registered separately w/ siril, and then combined w/ gimp.